Dennis Sweitzer wrote
>> This is indeed the view of several white supremicist groups--that there were
>> other humans around (i.e., non-white races), but Adam was the first 'real'
>> human (and was conveniently white). Consequently, they refer to blacks as
>> 'mudmen' (but come to think of it, Biblically, Adam was the mudman!
>>
>
Bill Dozier wrote
>I guess I'm missing something here, but it seems to me if this happened
>millions of years ago then there's little chance of any pure-blooded
>"spiritural" or "non-spiritual" folks being around now.
Biologically, it's pretty unlikely that any pure-blooded "spiritual" or
"non-spiritual" folks would be around now. However, the spiritual
implications were what I was after. One of those implications might be
that people who have not put their trust in Christ -- regardless of what
their ancestors did or didn't do -- are no different from animals
spiritually. To put it in Calvinistic terms, one might claim that those
who are not Elect are no different from animals spiritually. _That_ is the
implication that scares me. I don't consider that view supportable,
because Scripture maintains that men are responsible for their sins. But
it certainly would be a dangerous view in the hands of a Christian Identity
group.
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